Many of my customers trust me because they know I practice Falun Gong. I always choose reliable suppliers when I purchase ingredients.
Customers often say, “Your bread is very nice, and you are so honest.” They buy for themselves and recommend the bakery to their friends.
November 02, 2013 | By Qingxin from Liaoning Province, China
(Minghui.org) I run my own bakery. Customers often say, “Your bread is very nice, and you are so honest.” They buy for themselves and recommend the bakery to their friends.
Reliable Bakery
Many of my customers trust me because they know I practice Falun Gong. I always choose reliable suppliers when I purchase ingredients. For example, the price of oil can range from 100 yuan to over 300 yuan, but I only buy good quality oil. After people try our bread, they comment on the great quality and reasonable prices.
I have run my own bakery for 12 years, and business is getting better and better, because I run it with integrity. I not only guarantee the quality of the product but also consider my customers. For example, if a customer leaves something in my shop, I will look after it no matter how long it takes before they come back to collect it.
A customer left her brand new pajamas worth 500 yuan on a chair. After a long time, she came back and asked about them. She couldn’t even remember where she’d left them and thought they would be lost forever. I told her that I had found them and kept them for her. She was so delighted that she thanked me again and again. I told her it was my pleasure, because I believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
I’ve also come across some grumpy customers, but I deal with them with Dafa’s principles. One time an elderly customer spent 14 yuan in the shop. She gave me 100 yuan and I gave her 86 in change. She put the money in her pocket. Just then her cell phone rang. After she answered it, she came back to me and asked me for her change. I told her that I had already given it to her, but she insisted that she did not have it. I guessed she must have forgotten because of her age. I worried she might have a health problem if she got angry over this, so I calmly paid her 86 yuan again.
Other customers saw this and said, “You Falun Gong practitioners are quite generous. You get shortchanged, but you still consider others. Ordinary people couldn’t do that.” I would not have handled it that way before I practiced Falun Gong.
From Selfishness to Honesty
I used to sell seafood before I practiced Falun Gong. During that time, all I thought about was money. To make more money selling seafood, I learned from other shop owners how to make the bags heavier by adding water to them. In other words, I used all kinds of tactics to cheat people out of their money.
My much older sister is a Falun Dafa practitioner. In 1998 she lent me the book Zhuan Falun and asked me to read it. I was impressed by the principles in the book. I regretted my behavior after reading the book. I decided to learn Falun Gong and act according to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance from then on.
Before I practiced, if I ever got counterfeit money I would try to spend it. After practicing, I just tore it up instead of spending it. I think I should not do things to compromise others. When I first tore up the money, it was really painful. But I thought about the Fa and was determined to tear it up. I couldn’t go wrong. My husband said, “Give it to me, let me spend it.” I replied, “I am a Falun Dafa practitioner. How can I harm others?” Later, if I ever got any counterfeit money, I would immediately destroy it.”
